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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-10-08 09:14:51 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-10-08 09:15:00 +0200
commit153db80f8cf74e8700cac96305b6c0b92918f17c (patch)
treec2afb28e7b3f4fbf0aacd9edd39d7f895321ca0c /mm/backing-dev.c
parent5fd03ddab7fdbc44bfb2d183a4531c26a8dbca5a (diff)
parentcb655d0f3d57c23db51b981648e452988c0223f9 (diff)
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Merge commit 'v2.6.36-rc7' into core/memblock
Merge reason: Update from -rc3 to -rc7. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index eaa4a5bbe063..65d420499a61 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);
struct backing_dev_info noop_backing_dev_info = {
.name = "noop",
+ .capabilities = BDI_CAP_NO_ACCT_AND_WRITEBACK,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(noop_backing_dev_info);
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
err = bdi_init(&default_backing_dev_info);
if (!err)
bdi_register(&default_backing_dev_info, NULL, "default");
+ err = bdi_init(&noop_backing_dev_info);
return err;
}
@@ -445,8 +447,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
switch (action) {
case FORK_THREAD:
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
- task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, "flush-%s",
- dev_name(bdi->dev));
+ task = kthread_create(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb,
+ "flush-%s", dev_name(bdi->dev));
if (IS_ERR(task)) {
/*
* If thread creation fails, force writeout of
@@ -457,10 +459,13 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
/*
* The spinlock makes sure we do not lose
* wake-ups when racing with 'bdi_queue_work()'.
+ * And as soon as the bdi thread is visible, we
+ * can start it.
*/
spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
bdi->wb.task = task;
spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ wake_up_process(task);
}
break;